Plato Quotes

When a multitude exercises authority, it is even more cruel than the tyrants.

True philosophers are those who enjoy contemplating the truth.

At the touch of love, everyone becomes a poet.

Every tear teaches mortals a truth.

The virtuous person is content with dreaming what the sinner accomplishes in life.

Mockery and ridicule are, among all insults, the least forgiven.

Where love reigns, laws are unnecessary.

Man is a charioteer who drives a carriage pulled by two spirited horses: pleasure and duty. The skill of the charioteer lies in tempering the fiery nature of the black steed (pleasure) and harmonizing it with the white (duty) to run without losing balance.

Everything that is born necessarily comes from a cause; for without a cause, nothing can have its origin.

There are three faculties in man: reason, which enlightens and dominates; courage or spirit, which acts; and the senses, which obey.

The simplest tomb is the best.

Who, then, is the creator and father of this Universe? It is difficult to find him, and when he is found, it is impossible to make the multitude know him.